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I'm glad of the coverage of the strike wave, but the report also includes this gem: "As a labor leader, Weingarten, the first openly lesbian president of a major union, has been a trailblazing leader; pushing the labor movement to engage more on issues of race and gender and to get involved in community struggle in an effort to engrain unions more in the political fabric of communities. Her organizing efforts appeared to pay off as public opinion polling showed massive support for the wave of teachers’ strikes that hit the nation this spring." If the idea is that the AFT, under Weingarten, was central to the outbreak of these struggles or to the subsequent leadership, it is plain wrong. As to her organizing efforts paving the way for massive support, I would argue she has spent more time paving the way for Hillary Clinton (also prominently featured in this article) than in organizing teachers. -Aaron A. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
